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One Year After Racist Rally, Charlottesville Is in a Tug of War Over Its Soul

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., May 21, 2018. A year after a violence-filled rally of the far-right pitted white nationalists against anti-racism counterprotesters, leading to the death of Heather Heyer when a car plowed into the crowd, the city is still engaged in a tug of war over its soul. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)